Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds New Album: La Araña Es La Vida

Out April 22nd via In The Red Records
Pre-order here

 

North American Tour Begins May 3rd
 

Photo: Rick Marr

 

Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds' fourth and strongest album yet for In The Red Records, “La Araña Es La Vida”, summons the Mexican muse of The Great Spider Goddess of Teoticuhan, who sprouts hallucinogenic morning glories and protects the underworld, or in Kid’s eyes, the world of underground music.  Recorded at The Harveyville High School gym in Kansas, Guitar slinger and singer, the legendary Kid Congo Powers (The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds), bassist Kiki Solis (Baby Baby Dance With Me, Knife in The Water, Rhythm of Black Lines), drummerRon Miller (Switch Hitter, Up The Academy) are joined by Chicano, Mosrite playing guitarist Mark Cisneros(Medications, Deathfix) on this self-produced ball of wax.

 

 “La Araña Es La Vida” rocks n rolls it’s way thru a planet of Glamazons (Psychic Future), blisters with the tricks of a “Magic Machine” then gets to work out a low rider groove on “Chicano Studies”.  Tales of gender bending, disembodied heads, gente from La Puente and even a TCB-era, Elvis-inspired rave up on “Karate Monkey” is merely a smatter of the magic on this platter.

 

A limited number of colored vinyl comes with a flexi disc; a cover of the Psychedelic Furs' “We Love You”, plus an original tune; “Anything To Say", with the CD featuring a bonus track; “Nasty Hat”, as well as completely different artwork from the vinyl.

 

The world is a wild and woolly place and with “La Araña”, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds will continue to mirror it.

 

Orale! Living La Vida Araña!

 

LIVE SHOWS:

5/3/2016 San Diego CA Soda Bar
5/4/2016 Los Angeles CA Echo
5/5/2016 San Francisco CA Thee Parkside
5/6/2016 Portland OR Dante’s
5/7/2016 Vancouver BC Rickshaw Theatre
5/8/2016 Seattle WA Sunset Tavern
5/11/2016  Brooklyn NY The Bell House
5/12/2016 Washington DC Comet Ping Pong
5/13/2016 Philadelphia PA Kung Fu Necktie
5/14/2016 Pittsburgh PA Brillobox
5/15/2016 Cleveland OH Now That's Class
5/16/2016 Cincinnati OH MOTR Pub
5/17/2016 Chicago IL Schubas Tavern
5/18/2016 Detroit MI Lager House
5/19/2016 Toronto ON Silver Dollar
5/20/2016 Montreal QC Le Ritz
5/21/2016 New Haven CT Cafe Nine
5/22 Portland ME Space Gallery
5/23/2016  Providence RI Aurora

 

Read the interview with Kid on life with The Cramps, The Gun Club and Nick Cave on Dangerous Minds here

 

Read Kid's article on 'How I Came Out Of The Closet And Into The Street' on Huffington Post here
 

“There are few figures in rock that have the impressive resume Kid Congo has....a singular presence in every important scene …” Noisey

 

"Kid Congo's career is one for the (music) history books." Westword

 

"For as much as Powers' legend has been cemented in punk's history books, he's not out to promote a nostalgia trip; instead, he's interested in sharing new music. His current group, the Pink Monkey Birds, is still somewhat informed by the spirit of the early punk scene in which Powers came of age...he can't get over how cool it is when people come up to him after one of his live sets to tell him how important his music has been to them." OC Weekly

 

"...a true veteran of the garage rock game, proving that such raucous fun can never die – at least in the hands of a master!" KCRW

"Brewing together garage rock, horror punk, surf, broken blues, and sounds more exotic still..."

Washington City Paper

 

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Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds Australia Tour January 2015

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Get greasy in the psychedelic swamps of rock ’n’ roll with Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds! A founding member of The Gun Club and erstwhile guitarist for The Cramps and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, the legendary Kid Congo Powers has garage punk swagger in spades. He makes his first trip to Australia with long-term cohorts The Pink Monkey Birds for a night of raw, sonic ambrosia featuring a heady mix of fuzz guitars, New Orleans drum beats and bass lines dripping with soul.

                                                                     

FRI. 23^RD JAN: Testing Grounds, SUMMERSALT FESTIVAL, Melbourne

http://summersaltfestival.com.au/event/kid-congo-pink-monkey-birds/

SAT. 24^TH JAN: The Aurora, SYDNEY FESTIVAL, Sydney

http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2015/kid-congo-and-the-pink-monkey-birds

SUN. 25^TH JAN: Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane

http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=47673

FRI. 30^TH JAN.: Northcote Social Club, Melbourne

https://corner.ticketscout.com.au/gigs/3084/KC&TPMB

SAT. 31^ST JAN.:  Brisbane Hotel, Hobart

http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=47675

http://kidcongopowers.blogspot.fr

Haunted Head by Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds. Official Video

Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds 2014 B&W photo

Photo by Matias Corral

Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds 2014 Color Hi Res Press Photo

Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds 2014 Color Hi Res Press Photo by Martina Fornace

2013 Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds publicity photo by Ilse Lambert ilseLambert@foxyroses.com

Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds Haunted Head on In The Red Records Catalog # ITR 240. Release date April 30 2013

Waking from a nap in the swamps of outer space, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds ride a geisterbahn into the hypnagogic, a place between sleep and consciousness also known as the “Haunted Head”. “Haunted Head" is the third LP Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds has oozed out for In The Red Records. Legendary guitar stylist Kid Congo Powers (The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds) and long time cohorts, bassist Kiki Solis (Knife In The Water), drummer Ron Miller (Up The Academy), and guitarist Jesse Roberts (Sandrider, The Ruby Doe) take matters into their own mitts by having Jesse engineer and Ron mix the record at the now well-known Harveyville Project High School in Kansas. “Haunted Head” reflects the band at its purest distillation. The Pink Monkey Birds create a cocktail of fuzz guitars, New Orleans drum beats, soulful strut bass lines, and sonic ambrosia from beyond. The trip of your dreams includes the “cheap and tawdry” in a tribute to dearly departed actress Susan Tyrell (“Su Su”), the morphing of Jerry Lee Lewis with Phyllis Diller (“Killer Diller”) and the plain ol' insanity of romantic love (“Dance Me Swamply”). The band will also tell you how they LIKE “the mondos and the cholos and the weirdos and he freaks” on the rollicking track “Let’s Go!” and how they DON’T LIKE “neocons in square back suits" and "throwing up in a dirty phone booth “ on the punky proclamation “I Don’t Like”. I mean, who does? In the title ballad “Haunted Head”, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds ask the listener “What’s inside your Haunted Head? Are you alive or are you dead? Are you kissing and a huggin? Are you pushin’ and a shoving? “. Perhaps only in dreams could you answer such a question. http://kidcongopowers.blogspot.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kid-Congo-and-The-Pink-Monkey-Birds/115221445167439?ref=ts https://twitter.com/kidcongopowers/